Opus 66: A Year in a Life of a Chest Organ

Opus 66 was purchased by Bexley Harpsichords Ltd as a hire instrument for the London area and beyond. It has to earn its keep. After its inaugural concert on 28^th May 2015 in The Church of St Edmund The King, London, it was off to a flying start and, in its first year, it fulfilled the following programme:

St Edmund's, London – Okuda/Foster – inaugural concert

BBC R3 'In Tune' – London Handel Orchestra – Handel arias (BBC Live)

Spitalfields Festival – City of London Sinfonia/Polyphony – Dettingen Te Deum (BBC Live)

BBC R3 'Early Music Show' – HMSC, Manchester Festival – 17^th c English (BBC Rec)

Wigmore Hall – Brook Street Band – Bach cantatas (BBC Rec)

Pimlico – Dunedin Consort, rehearsal – Monteverdi Vespers

BBC Proms – BBC Singers/AAM – Bach Magnificat (BBC Rec)

Christchurch, Bexleyheath – Bexley Organists Association – demonstration concert

St Edmund's, London – Okuda/Foster – Bach, by arrangement

Southwark Cathedral – Florilegium – Christmas Oratorio

St Michael's, Highgate – Florilegium – Telemann cantatas (BBC Rec for CD)

St John's, NW3 – Bach Players/Moonen – German cantatas

St George's, Bloomsbury – Spiritato – Zelenka concertos and Mass

St John's, Smith Square – Spiritato – Zelenka concertos and Mass

Bury Court, Farnham – Spiritato – Zelenka concertos and Mass

St George's, Bloomsbury – London Handel Festival/Cummings – Ode for St Cecilia's Day

St Michael's, Battersea – Pawel Siwczak – Croft, Blow

Christchurch, Bexleyheath – Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

St Paul's, Knightsbridge – BBC Singers – Latin-American music (BBC Rec)

Purley – Private Church service

ORNCC, Greenwich – Trinity Laban/Devine – music by Gabrielis

St John's, Smith Square – Amade Players – Vivaldi Gloria

St John's, Smith Square – La Nuova Musica – Vivaldi Gloria

Corn Exchange, Ipswich – Ipswich Choral Society – Messiah

Cadogan Hall Ealing – Choral Society – Messiah

St John's, Smith Square – London Baroque Choir – Bach St Matthew Passion

BBC R3 'In Tune' – AAM – Bach arias (BBC Live)

Sheldonian Theatre – Oxford Bach Choir – Messiah

St Mary's, Ascot – Pergolesi Stabat Mater

BBC R3 'In Tune' – Red Priest (BBC Live)

St John's, Smith Square – London Handel Festival – Alexander Balus

Royal Festival Hall – The Bach Choir/Hill – Bach Mass in B Minor

Tilford Bach Festival – RCM players/Butterfield – Bach cantatas

Tilford Bach Festival – London Handel Orchestra/Butterfield – Bach Mass in B Minor

St John's, Smith Square – London Handel Orchestra/Butterfield – Bach Mass in B Minor

Quite a year!